Ill Met in Lankhmar: 1 (Borealis Logo) - Hardcover

Leiber, Fritz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565049268 ISBN 13: 9781565049260

Publisher: White Wolf Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

They are the two greatest heroes ever to walk the World of Nehwon: Fathrd, the giant barbarian warrior from the Cold Waste; and the Gray Mouser, novice wizard, master thief and swordsman unparalleled.
From the moment of their fateful first (well, second) meeting, the legendary duo have adventured and misadventured across Nehwon, from the caves of the inner earth to the waves of the outer sea - but most of all through the alleys and catacombs of fog-shrouded Lankhmar, greatest of Nehwon's cities.

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Review:

Fritz Leiber not only invented the phrase "sword and sorcery", but was one of the earliest and wittiest masters of this vein of heroic fantasy. His famous duo--huge Northern barbarian Fafhrd and his nimble, devious companion the Gray Mouser--first saw print in 1947 and pursued their adventures and swordplay for more than 40 years. This is the first British appearance of Ill Met in Lankhmar, a 1995 omnibus comprising Swords and Deviltry and Swords Against Death (both 1970), assembled from still earlier shorts. The Hugo-winning title piece relates the heroes' first joint exploit in the inexhaustibly colourful and sleazy city of Lankhmar, moving with breathtaking speed between farce, tragedy, bizarre ruses and desperate swordplay. Also included are tales of both companions' origins and adventures all over their world of Nehwon on dubious commissions or in search of generally booby-trapped treasure. Leiber's own favourite is here: "Bazaar of the Bizarre", his comic-sinister version of the traditional Magic Shop story, where the goods are rubbish disguised by illusion-spells and the haplessly bedazzled Mouser has no idea that the shop's gorgeous caged girls are in reality giant spiders ... This is an excellent introduction to fantasy's best-loved pair of heroic rogues. --David Langford

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SALES POINTS
* New and definitive editions of the most influential of all modern fantasy series

* ¿Most fantasy writers today are continually being compared to J.R.R. Tolkien. This has no bearing on reality. Most of us, if asked, admit that Fritz Leiber is our spiritual father, and for the most part we¿re sweating to keep up, let alone overtake him¿ -- Raymond E. Feist

* ¿The publication of these volumes should do much to help remind readers of fantasy of their debt to a writer who is, in my opinion, still the greatest of us all¿ -- Michael Moorcock

About this edition

• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1565049268
• ISBN 13: 9781565049260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 337